Column (detail) from the abbey of Saint-Denis. One of the foliage, of palmettes, is punctuated by rings that group the stylized stems. The other houses men and animals (two birds and a lioness), inhabited scroll, dear to Romanesque art. 3rd quarter of the 12th century. Cluny Museum - National Museum of the Middle Ages, Paris, France, French.

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